2.2 ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Horrocks · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Horrocks
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 30% of people live alone in Horrocks, which is a well above the national figure. This reflects a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the country. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.
2.2
▲ +15.8%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Horrocks — lower than 76% of areas.
| Horrocks | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6535, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Horrocks holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, with 30.3% of people living alone.
30.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Horrocks, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of the families here. At 6.0%, one-parent families are much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.0% ▲ +43.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Horrocks, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Horrocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50655/horrocks/topic/family-households